The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) provides scientists at universities and research institutions in Germany and throughout the world with access to neutron instruments of the highest performance class. In addition, as part of a cooperation agreement with Technische Universität München (TUM), JCNS also performs experiments at the Heinz Maier-Leibniz Zentrum (MLZ) in Garching near Munich. At MLZ, primarily basic research is conducted in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science.

JCNS is looking to recruit a Postdoc in Biology, Biochemistry or Biophysics within the SINE2020 framework.

Your Job:

Identify common features of the growth of large protein crystals from the literature and from available datasets

Development of suitable set-ups for controlling crystal growth conditions based on e.g. light scattering techniques or optical microscopy

Experiments on these set-ups to show their capability to improve crystal growth conditions for the increase of the output crystal size

Project related communication with international scientists

Performing experiments at the instrument BioDiff or other neutron diffractometers in order to check the suitability of the grown crystals for neutron diffraction

Publish the results in peer reviewed journals and present them on national or international conferences and within the meetings of the SINE2020 EU project

Your Profile:

University degree in biology, biochemistry or biophysics or a related discipline and completed relevant PhD level

Knowledge in protein crystallization using the most common methods (batch crystallization, vapor diffusion, counter diffusion)